(Subject to change)
| 7:30 - 8:30 AM | Breakfast |
| 8:30 | Master of Ceremonies: Matt Johnson, CEO, QC Ware |
| 8:30 - 9:15 AM | Keynote: John Preskill, Caltech |
| 9:15 - 10:00 AM | Digital Quantum Computing: John Martinis, Google |
| 10:00 - 10:30 AM | Analog Quantum Computing: Bo Ewald, President, D-Wave International |
| 10:30 - 10:45 AM | Networking Break |
| 10:45 - 11:15 AM | Quantum Chemistry Applications: Bert de Jong, LBL |
| 11:15 - 11:45 AM | Prospects for Quantum Machine Learning: The Promise and the Caveats: Peter McMahon, Postdoctoral Researcher, Stanford University & QC Ware |
| 11:45 - 12:15 AM | Optimization Applications: Masoud Mohseni, Google |
| 12:15 - 1:30 PM | Networking Lunch |
| 1:30 - 2:00 PM | QC for the Automotive Industry: Martin Hoffman, VW |
| 2:00 - 2:30 PM | QC Application for Finance: Paul Burchard, Goldman Sachs |
| 2:30 - 3:00 PM | QC Applications in Aerospace: Thierry Botter, Airbus |
| 3:00 - 3:30 PM | QC Applications in Transport/Logistics and Manufacturing: Yianni Gamvros, IBM |
| 3:30 - 4:00 PM | Networking Break |
| 4:00 - 4:30 PM | US Public-Sector QC Funding: Carl Williams, NIST |
| 4:30 - 5:00 PM | European Public-Sector QC Funding: Juergen Mlynek, EU Flagship Program |
| 5:00 - 5:30 PM | Chinese QC Funding: Xiaobo Zhu, USTC |
| 5:30 - 7:30 PM | "Excited State" Happy Hour |
| 7:30 - 8:30 AM | Breakfast |
| 8:30 | Master of Ceremonies: Matt Johnson, CEO, QC Ware |
| 8:30 - 9:30 AM | Keynote: Rupak Biswas, NASA; Eleanor Rieffel, NASA |
| 9:30 AM - 10:15 AM | ATOS - QC Simulation Products: Scott Hamilton, Atos; Philippe Duluc, Atos |
| 10:15 - 10:45 AM | IBM - QC Hardware/Software Programs: Jerry Chow, IBM |
| 10:45 - 11:00 AM | Break |
| 11:00 - 11:30 AM | Microsoft - QC Hardware/Software Programs: Julie Love, Microsoft |
| 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM | IonQ - Ion Trap QC Program: Dave Moehring, CEO, IonQ |
| 12:00 - 12:45 PM | Hardware Panel: Moderator: Ryan Mandelbaum, Gizmodo; Eric Ostby, Google; Jerry Chow, IBM; Bob Willett, Nokia; Bo Ewald, D-Wave; Dave Moehring, IonQ, Xiaobo Zhu, USTC |
| 12:45 - 1:45 PM | Networking Lunch |
| 1:45 - 2:15 PM | VC Perspective on QC Investment Opportunities: Shaun Maguire, GV |
| 2:15 - 3:00 PM | VC Panel: Moderator: Luka Tomljenovic, Airbus; Shaun Maguire, GV; Maryanna Saenko, DFJ; Aaron VanDevender, Founders Fund; Joe Raffa, IBM Ventures; Aaron Sisto, IQT |
| 3:00 - 3:45 PM | Software Panel: Moderator: Lawrence Gasman, CIR; Matt Johnson, QC Ware; Chris Savoie, Zapata; Andrew Fursman, 1QBit; Michael Brett, QxBranch; Bindu Madhavan, SAP; Iordanis Kerenedis, CNRS - Paris Centre for Quantum Computing |
| 3:45 - 4:00 PM | Closing Remarks: Matt Johnson, QC Ware |
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